MUMBAI, INDIA: SEAL Consulting Inc., a leading e-solutions provider addressing enterprise-wide business and technology needs, facilitated an express implementation of SAP Retail Solutions with India's first furnishing retail chain @Home, a division of Nilkamal Limited headquartered at Mumbai.

@Home will leverage these solutions to enhance its operational efficiency. helped the company address key business processes through the implementation like: sales force automation, merchandise management, warehouse management, quality management and customer service. SEAL helps clients plan their ERP and Web strategies and also designs, develops and implements these concepts efficiently. @Home went live on this project in a quick period of five months, across nine locations, one Warehouse and the Headquarters.

"We wanted a robust system to support our expansion plans & to handle our complete business. The company considerably required to reduce costs, standardize processes and improve customer service. SAP became a natural choice since it is a world leader in business software and has proven systems across verticals. With its effective, comprehensive functionality, SAP ERP is helping us to grow our profits and gain a competitive edge," said Abdulla Fatiya, Deputy General Manager-IT, @Home.

Some of the challenges that the company experienced before the implementation of the SAP solutions were availability of real time information of inventory and demand, inventory management and data security. The company also required standardized processes and improved customer relationship for cross functional information, process control, timely order fulfillment and better pricing.

"The business benefits that accrued to @Home after deploying SAP solutions include real time inventory and demand information in single view across the division, better analysis and interpretation of data, reduced inventory and visibility of finances. The inventory of accessories reduced by 15 percent in the in first month," says Vamsi Chelluri, Vice President, SEAL Infotech. "The solution also enabled @Home to achieve faster and accurate implementation of promotions and markdowns from strategic teams to Store POS solution" he adds.

The Rs 460-crore Nilkamal group, which makes moulded plastic furniture, is diversifying into the lifestyle furniture business, where it plans to set up a chain of branded stores across major metros and smaller cities. Over the next couple of years, the group is planning to take @Home, its branded imported furniture store to at least 25 locations in major cities and simultaneously set up over 40 franchisee operations in smaller towns and cities.

SEAL provides a comprehensive array of critical ERP-related services to optimize leverage of existing and emerging technology thus maximizing returns on investment. The company has very successfully supported its clients in responding to the ever-changing business and technological environments by offering services ranging from ERP implementations, post-implementation support and outsourcing.

With SEAL's partnership, many companies have successfully changed their business approach and have utilized ERP systems to provide broad backbone support and have adopted innovative strategies to meet the needs of the Internet.SEAL's solution providers are professionals of the highest caliber who will work with clients to effectively meet their challenges by bringing forth new ideas and path-breaking innovations.

"We are delighted to see @Home go live on SAP ERP in a short period of five months in different locations. The retail industry is witnessing multiple challenges in inventory management, data control and integration of finances. Companies need to implement quality management and customer servers to increase their efficiency . It has been a great opportunity to partner with @Home and I am sure that our solutions will enable them to enhance their efficiency and meet their business needs," said, Ranjan Das, President and CEO, SAP Indian Subcontinent.